Propably The peacemaker. Concerning the previous remark I totally agree. Most of his scores are overrated. The last few months there are many threads concerning Zimmer some sarcastic and some not. Anyway nowadays my problem with Zimmer is that I don't trust that what is in a film score of his is actually HIS. I mean all those ghost writers and arrangers around him. I just no longer consider him a composer. At least not in the same way that I considered the old masters or even people like Giacchino, Desplat, Tyler, Eidelman, Doyle. Secondly I don't have that much time to listen to new scores more than 2 or 3 times. Generally if nothing impresses me after 2 or 3 listens then DELETE. So it's much safer to spend my money to rerecordings of old scores or expansions of old scores. I prefer listening to classical music and favourite film scores by Poledouris, Korngold, Rozsa, Newman Alfred and Thomas and Randy, Steiner, Williams, Goldsmith, Young Victor and Christopher, Herrmann, Mancini... why waste my time with mediocrity. He may be a very good dramatist but a great composer HE IS NOT. My time is precious and musically is given to the great composers. I give Zimmer a chance with every new score he writes but even if I like it I just don't trust him.

I'm just chiming a tune now, I'd consider Hannibal, The Pledge, and King Arthur amongst my picks. I also consider The Power of One and Tears of the Sun to be strong efforts by Zimmer and they are rarely, to my dismay, discussed or mentioned.

I'm just chiming a tune now,...., and King Arthur amongst my picks. I also consider The Power of One and Tears of the Sun to be strong efforts by Zimmer and they are rarely, to my dismay, discussed or mentioned.

No love for Radio Flyer, K2 or Drop Zone? All three are imho very good scores... and much better than the c--- he has been producing for the past decade.

Radio Flyer is OK, an underrated and strong film by Dick Donner about child abuse. K2 has its moments.

Maybe the most underrated score from Mr. Zimmer is To the Moon, Alice. A powerful 1991 short film about a homeless family of three who sleeps on a TV stage. Very powerful short film, highly recommended.

Martin Tillman played cello on it. I've also heard When A Stranger Calls. It's a Zimmer score through and through, the vibe you speak of also being present in Hannibal and The Da Vinci Code. When I say he wrote it solo, I mean he's the driving force behind it, as no Zimmer score is ever truly a one man project. There are no co-composers for the first film.